Fountain brush



- April 1929- F. J. CARBERRY 1,708,718

FOUNTAIN BRUSH Fild July 29. 1926 N U a i FJ drier/y,

Patented Apr. 9, 1929.

UNIT'ED STATES FRANCISJ. CARBERRY, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

FOUNTAIN BRUSH. i

i Application filed July 29,

This invention relates to and has for one of its objects to provide a cleaning or painting brush of the fountain type which shall be simple and inexpensive to manufacture and equipped with means by which the flow of cleaning fluid or paint may be accurately controlled.

With the foregoing and other ob ects in view, the nature of which will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consistsof the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a sectional view taken on a plane extending longitudinally and centrally through a fountain brush constructed in accordance with my invention, and

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 22 of Figure 1.

The brush comprises ahead 1, bristles 2 and a hollow handle 3. The head 1 may be of any contour, and ifdesired fibre or hair may be used in place of the bristles 2. The shape of the head 1 and whether bristles, fibre or hair is to be used will depend solely on the nature of the work the brush is designed to perform. The head 1 is provided with a central opening 4 to permit cleaning fluid or paint to be supplied to the bristles 2 by way of the handle 3. A metal jacket 5 which embraces the top and lateral sides of the head 1 and extends into and contacts with the wall of the opening 4, reenforces the head and assists in securing the bristles 2 thereto. A'housing 6 is secured to the forward end of the handle 3 and has a snug fit with the head 1. The head 1 and housing 6 are secured together by a screw 7 and the latter is provided with a central tube 8 which fits in the opening 4 and has a snug contact with that portion of the jacket 5 located within the opening. A tube 9 is located within the handle 3, and has its rearward end enlarged to provide a valve casing 10. A partition 11 located within the handle 3 and having the forward end of the tube 9 secured thereto, and the valve casing 10, supports the tube centrally within the handle and provides means through the medium of which the tube may be secured in the handle against endwise movement with respect thereto. At its point of communication with the tube 9, the valve casing 10 is formed to provide a conical valve seat 12 with which the forward 1926. serial No. 125,739.

end of a hollow cylindrical valve 13 cooperates to regulate the flow of cleaning fluid or paint to the bristles 2. The valve 13 is provided in its lateral side and adjacent its forward end with outlet openings 14, and its rearward end is enlarged as shown at 15 and internally threaded to permit a hose extending from a suitable source of cleaning fluid or paint, to be coupled thereto. The coupling end 15 of the valve 13 carries a screen 16 which is secured in place by a ring 17 and functions to prevent solid particles from reaching the bristles 2. The valve casing 10 is interiorly enlarged between its ends as shown at 18, and the valve 13 passes through and has threaded engagement with said enlarged portion. A packing member 19 having threaded engagement with the rearward end of the valve casing 10 and snugly contacting with the valve 13, together with the screw threaded connection between the valve and casing, prevents the cleaning fluid or paint from leaking out through the rearward end of the handle 3.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it should be understood that while the head 1 and handle 3 are firmly connected together they may be readily separated when occasion demands, and that to permit the cleaning fluid or paint to flow to the bristles 2, it is only necessary to turn the valve 13, backward. This movement thereof carries the forward end of the. valve 13 away from its seat.12. Whenever itis desired to cut off the flow of cleaning fluid or paint, it is only necessary to seat the valve 13, and by adjusting the valve with respect to its seat 12, the volume of cleaning fluid or paint flowing t-othe bristles 2 will be regulated and controlled. The valve 13 may be readily adjusted through the medium ofits coupling end 15, and a hose or flexible tube extending from a source of cleaning fluid or paint under pressure, can be readily connected to the valve through the medium of said end thereof.

It should be understood that the drawing is merely illustrative and does not pretend to give exact proportions. Furthermore the said drawing is illustrative of a preferred. construction, it being my expectation that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

What is claimed is A fountain brush comprising a head pro- 1 jacket and including a top Wall havingan' snugly contacting with the t'opfthe Wall of the opening and lateral sides of the head and adapted to aid in securing thebristles thereto, a housing mounted on said head and opening alining with the opening in the head;

acircumferential flange on said housing embracing the head and jacket, an interior flange snugly fitting the opening in the head, a hollow handle supported by said housing and conimunicating'with the opening in the housing, and a coupling Inembercarried by the handle.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

RANCIS J. oARBnR Y. 

